diff --git a/Dockerfile-bullseye b/Dockerfile-bullseye
index c6bf0c7..3fdccb0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-bullseye
+++ b/Dockerfile-bullseye
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 
 # base layer with perl and some general preparations
 #
-FROM perl:5.36.3-bullseye@sha256:2e1158355a73f240a45b6db8088f929efadbb53f450ba117f2305c6bfb776c58 as base
+FROM perl:5.38.2-bullseye@sha256:65b2e357373410519e394754108ff75e48bc68da58fe5353031c18f4df31dae3 as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye b/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
index 87e6123..b4cfe8d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
+++ b/Dockerfile-threaded-bullseye
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 
 # base layer with perl and some general preparations
 #
-FROM perl:5.36.3-threaded-bullseye@sha256:43fda21f6046f8513160a1c14adba5de904467353adb81bd0e10697e914d1343 as base
+FROM perl:5.38.2-threaded-bullseye@sha256:239a9cceff672f92168dba9e42cd115e8a7663866ed4c6383d5123937bd61953 as base
 
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM